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Lionel - En studio d'enregistrement - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Norbert explains the intricacies of a recording studio and the latest technology and trends in the music industry. He also tells us who the first artist to use auto-tune was.

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Caption 25 [fr]: ici plus, euh... la pièce d'à côté.
Caption 25 [en]: here plus, uh... the room next door.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Henri confronts Sabine with overwhelming evidence that she has been lying all along. Finally unmasked, she apologizes to Gabriela and Yann for all the hurt she has caused.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Tu vois? Ça fait plus aucun doute maintenant.
Caption 23 [en]: You see? Now there's no doubt anymore.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le français tel qu'il est parlé à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation about the French language. They agree that French people speak too fast for the average learner, and abbreviations and contractions make it even more difficult to understand. Patrice has a few theories as to why Parisians in particular speak so fast.

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Caption 20 [fr]: comment dire, au sujet de ce que la phrase veut dire plus vite.
Caption 20 [en]: how to say it, to the subject of what the sentence is trying to say faster.

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Sophie et Patrice - Après le réveillon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice are trying to recover from the Christmas festivities and can't stand the sight of foie gras, turkey, or Yule logs... They consider doing away with the Christmas tradition of big feasts altogether and escaping to the tropics instead.

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Caption 31 [fr]: J'en mangerai plus. Et euh... -Non.
Caption 31 [en]: I won't eat any more of it. And uh... -No.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.

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Caption 25 [fr]: C'est plus tard que cette fève a été remplacée par une figurine,
Caption 25 [en]: It was later on that this bean was replaced by a figurine,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine puts Gabriela in an impossible position by framing her for stealing the jewelry store's weekly revenue of €6,000. Whom will the family believe? Will the truth prevail?

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Caption 3 [fr]: Elle sait désormais qu'elle n'a plus qu'à attendre.
Caption 3 [en]: She now knows that she only has to wait.

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Sophie et Patrice - Après Noël

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice question the tradition of the Christmas tree and think it's not very environmentally responsible. They'd like to find of way of conserving the tree they bought and reuse it for next Christmas.

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Caption 29 [fr]: mais honnêtement, déjà on va le garder le plus longtemps possible.
Caption 29 [en]: but honestly, first of all, we're going to keep it as long as possible.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the galette des rois (kings' cake), a classic holiday delicacy associated with the festival of Epiphany. A small figurine is placed inside the cake, and whoever finds it in his or her slice is crowned "king" or "queen" for the day.

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Caption 35 [fr]: le plus jeune des enfants est désigné pour se placer sous la table
Caption 35 [en]: the youngest of the children is designated to go under the table

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine appears to be very apologetic toward Gabriela after falsely accusing her of stealing her necklace. Gabriela drops her guard and accepts her apology. But is this the end of the matter?

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Caption 14 [fr]: Bah, ne posons plus la question.
Caption 14 [en]: Well, let's not pose the question anymore.

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Elisa et Mashal - Photos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

While looking at old photos, Elisa and Mashal reminisce about fun times and embarrassing moments, like the time when Mashal's pants split open at a party!

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Caption 36 [fr]: Je suis plus proche maintenant de la trentaine que de la vingtaine. -Non mais...
Caption 36 [en]: I'm closer now to my thirties than my twenties. -No, but...

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Adrien - Quai de la Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Adrien explores the Quai de la Seine and the Bassin de la Villette in Paris. This basin is the largest artificial body of water in the city of Paris. It once served as a source of drinking water, which, incidentally, was much cleaner than the water from the Seine.

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Caption 7 [fr]: dont [sic: que] même les plus Parisiens des Parisiens
Caption 7 [en]: that even the most Parisian of Parisians

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine pretends to lose her pearl necklace in order to blame Gabriela for stealing it. Fortunately, Yann's father finds the necklace before Sabine can accuse her. Yann first begins to suspect Gabriela until he realizes it's his mother's honesty that should be questioned.

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Caption 18 [fr]: plus faire attention à ce qu'elle ressentait.
Caption 18 [en]: been more attentive to what she was feeling.

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Continuing his tour of the town of Chantilly, Daniel takes us to a bucolic vegetable garden called the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden), which was frequented by many of France's most famous writers and dramatists, including Racine, Molière, and the Madame de Sévigné. Today it also includes a goat petting zoo!

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Caption 12 [fr]: non seulement de découvrir les merveilles de cet endroit mais en plus
Caption 12 [en]: not only to discover the wonders of this place, but also

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Le saviez-vous? - "Jamais", forme négative de "déjà"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the difference between ne pas encore (not yet) and jamais (never), the two negative forms of déjà (already, ever). Ne pas encore applies to actions that are limited in time, while jamais applies to actions that aren't.

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Caption 24 [fr]: et je compte bien dormir un peu plus tard aujourd'hui.
Caption 24 [en]: and I certainly intend to sleep a bit later today.

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Dao Evolution - Noël pour les sans-abris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Christmas is a time of celebrations and a showing of goodwill. This young man followed his heart and started giving out small gifts to the homeless. Find out what prompted him to do so at the end of this video.

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Caption 40 [fr]: la... l'appel s'est... vraiment devenu plus fort.
Caption 40 [en]: the... the call... really became stronger.

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